I was staring at a pile of wood that I decided not to throw away and a piece of fence caught my eye. I figured if I hacked it in half, then cut off the ends it would be one half of a planter box! So where to get the other sides!?!?

a pallet of course! I've been wanting to build something out of a pallet FOREVER and finally got to tear into one. And of course after hacking into it I got some great ideas for a pallet chicken tractor.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the circular saw! OMG. love it.

anyways I tore the pallet apart til I had this.

( cut off bottom, used circular saw to trim the 2x4's - hadn't gotten to the middle one in this pic)

my fence sections were 19 5/8" tall, so I cut two sections of the pallet to match. I filled in the spaces with pieces I cut off the remaining chunk. Screwed them into place. So it kinda has that board and baten look to it.

My weirdo fence had the cross sections attached differently, so one end the 2x4 was flat like this - I attached the pallet section on the outside of it. I had to screw pilot holes because I don't have an impact drill ( drool!) secured using 2.5" screws, I know a little overkill, but it go the job done.

the other side of the fence had the 2x4 attached on the 2" side, so I put the pallet section behind the 2x4 and attached.